City of Austin Council Message Board

Colleagues,

I am posting an updated version of Tovo Budget Amendment #3 on her behalf as we prepare for tomorrow's meeting:


http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 172605.pdf

best,
Ann Kitchen
D5

All I have submitted the revised Budget Amendment to the budget office for the Homeless Response System Project. This reduces the one-time amount from $250,000 to $100,000 - with the expectation that funding from the community (Finding Home ATX) can be pursued to add to the city's $100,000 to fund t...

Colleagues Attached are my Budget Amendments and Riders – as I discussed yesterday at Council. I have also signed onto a number of Amendments / Riders of my colleagues and expect to support others (co-sponsorships include raising wage to $20/hour (Fuentes), AEDC (Mayor, Tovo), ECHO funding (Mayor), ...

Colleagues Attached are my Budget Amendments and Riders – as I discussed yesterday at Council. I have also signed onto a number of Amendments / Riders of my colleagues and expect to support others (co-sponsorships include raising wage to $20/hour (Fuentes), AEDC (Mayor, Tovo), ECHO funding (Mayor), ...

Colleagues, Thank you for your consideration to raise the Senior and Disabled Property Tax Exemption by $11,000 to $124,000. This amount will mitigate the impact of the proposed Housing Bond, with an estimated savings of $50.90 and can be found at the following link: http://assets.austintexas.gov/au...

Colleagues Below is my list of Budget Riders, which I expect to complete posting today. I also anticipate supporting additional Riders that many of you have proposed. Thank you for your consideration! Best Ann Kitchen City Council District 5 Budget Riders, Funding Required: 1. HEAL (Rider posted abo...

Colleagues Attached is my proposed budget rider with CMs Pool, Fuentes, and Kelly to implement the District Level Planning resolution we all passed in June. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/2E-20220809165452.pdf Funding provides for implementation of District Level Planning for the s...

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/51-20220805100403.pdf Colleagues: Attached is a budget rider I intend to bring with my cosponsors - Mayor Adler and CMs Tovo, Fuentes, and Vela The purpose is to continue the successful HEAL Initiative at the same level and avoid a drop in services wh...

Colleagues I wanted to let everyone know the budget topics I may be pursuing amendments on, to provide time for consideration. Please know these are not the only items that I will be supporting, as I continue to listen to the public about their priorities and will be meeting with D5 constituents as ...

Colleagues I am proposing to bring a "trigger ordnance" to prohibit semi-automatic rifles sales to anyone under 21. This ordinance would have an effective date some number of days after the repeal of any state laws that preempt local regulation of firearm sales. In terms of its effective d...

CM Vela Thank you for quickly putting together and bringing the GRACE Act for Council consideration on July 21st. The city has a history of standing up for women's reproductive health, including supporting Planned Parenthood. As we respond to this latest, and even more egregious, threat to women's h...

Colleagues I attach a revised resolution for Item #96 related to Community Workforce Agreements in response to questions raised by colleagues: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/B7-20220613171751.pdf I look forward to further conversation as we work to extend worker protections to all ...

Dear Colleagues, I offer the following direction for Item 80 in response to concerns we've heard from the community regarding the MFI levels and potential impacts to affordability and displacement related to VMU developments. Here is a link to the direction I am proposing: http://assets.austintexas....

Colleagues - After discussions with our co-sponsors and staff, we've revised our resolution to establish District Level Planning by ordinance rather than as an amendment to the Land Development Code. This revision still initiates the important work of district planning and allows flexibility to acco...

Colleagues I will be proposing the following amendment to Item 66 related to compatibility - adding the last part "with consideration of. . . ": Amend Line 63, 3.d. as follows: d. for any residential or mixed-use property on a corridor, allow more flexibility for what can be located in the...

All I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the item in Executive Session, but feel this is a fundamental policy position that the City Council has long advanced. Protection of workers is part and parcel of our relationships with contractors and just as critical in this area as others we have advanc...

Colleagues I appreciate the opportunity to initiate a relaxation of compatibility and parking requirements along major corridors and look forward to discussion of Item #66 on the June 9th agenda. I am hopeful we will find consensus on this proposal and agree with many of the provisions in Item #66. ...

Councilmember Vela - I appreciate your proposed amendment to my VMU2 substitute and look forward to our discussion on this item at the Housing and Planning Committee on Tuesday. Your proposal would accomplish an immediate and important step towards increasing market rate and affordable housing oppor...

Colleagues I have appreciated the conversation we have been having about compatibility and the proposal that was brought forward. I also appreciate the conversation about including in the proposed resolution additional items so that the document represents the thinking of the Council as a whole, rat...

Colleagues, I'd like to share with you all information on current VMU and compatibility in case it is helpful. This is information that was presented during our South Austin VMU Community Meeting and shared with constituents. Vertical Mixed-Use Zoning Presentation: http://assets.austintexas.gov/aust...

Colleagues This morning at Worksession, I mentioned Direction for Item #33 related to Austin Transit Partnership which CM Renteria and I intend to bring for Council consideration on Thursday. It is timely to begin conversations about expanding the ATP Board, for the purpose we lay out in the Directi...

Colleagues I have posted an item for our agenda next week with cosponsors (Mayor Adler, CM Harper-Madison, CM Kelly, CM Vela) which clearly states the city's intent to respect the will of the voters with regard to binding arbitration. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/9A-2022042910132...

Colleagues Thank you all for your leadership on this item, and thank you CM Kelly for suggesting postponement. Given the questions related to the item, I think it is appropriate to delay to provide ample time for discussion and answers to the questions that have been raised. I support postponement. ...

Colleagues I am attaching a proposed substitute for Item 33, VMU2 ordinance, for Council’s consideration – which you can access here: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/A5-20220414171948.pdf This item responds to the VMU2 resolution Council passed last year that my office, along with C...

All This post is to provide the public (and my colleagues) an awareness of the intent to postpone Item #51 (VMU2) As I stated at the Council work session today - I have requested and staff has agreed to a postponement of Item #51 (VMU2) to April 21st. This item is not on the consent agenda and the p...